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{{Infobox Character | {{Infobox Character | ||
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|pronouns=it/its| people = [[Divine]]| affiliations =[[Golden Branch Demarchy]] | |pronouns=it/its| people = [[Divine]]| affiliations =[[Golden Branch Demarchy]]<br />[[Stel Apostolos]]|debut=[[COUNTER/Weight 09: This Month of Ours]]|title=Integrity|season=''[[COUNTER/Weight]]''<br />''[[The Road to PARTIZAN]]''<br />''[[PALISADE]]''}} | ||
'''Integrity''' is a [[Divine]]. It is highly tactical, programmed with knowledge of maneuvers and enemy types, and meant to keep up the morale of units around it.<ref name="cw22">[[COUNTER/Weight 22: The Broken Branch]]</ref><!-- Social science thingy?--> | '''Integrity''' is a [[Divine]]. It is highly tactical, programmed with knowledge of maneuvers and enemy types, and meant to keep up the morale of units around it.<ref name="cw22">[[COUNTER/Weight 22: The Broken Branch]]</ref><!-- Social science thingy?--> | ||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
Integrity literally integrates itself into the body of its pilot as cyberware. Visual references include Warframes, a Cronenberg-style exoskeleton,<ref name="cw22" /> [https://guyver.fandom.com/wiki/Guyver_Unit Guyver], [https://66.media.tumblr.com/02ff93fbc7a2a2e17de2b0352841d683/tumblr_inline_oydebpRfDO1txcnen_540.gif Anubis from Stargate (1994)],<ref>[[COUNTER/Weight 36: Everything is Temporary]]</ref> or Kamen Rider.<ref name="RTPZN10">[[The Road to PARTIZAN 10: Microscope Pt. 2]]</ref> | Integrity literally integrates itself into the body of its pilot as cyberware. Visual references include Warframes, a [[wikipedia:David_Cronenberg|Cronenberg]]-style exoskeleton,<ref name="cw22" /> [https://guyver.fandom.com/wiki/Guyver_Unit Guyver], [https://66.media.tumblr.com/02ff93fbc7a2a2e17de2b0352841d683/tumblr_inline_oydebpRfDO1txcnen_540.gif Anubis from Stargate (1994)],<ref>[[COUNTER/Weight 36: Everything is Temporary]]</ref> or Kamen Rider.<ref name="RTPZN10">[[The Road to PARTIZAN 10: Microscope Pt. 2]]</ref> | ||
When unattached it resembles a metal spine or snake, or a twisted staff. | When unattached it resembles a metal spine or snake, or a twisted staff. | ||
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| spoiling = COUNTER/Weight 22: The Broken Branch | | spoiling = COUNTER/Weight 22: The Broken Branch | ||
| theme = cw | | theme = cw | ||
| text = At some point after the Golden War, Integrity takes [[Sokrates Nikon Artemisios]] as | | text = At some point after the Golden War, Integrity takes [[Sokrates Nikon Artemisios]] as its [[Candidate]], and over time they work together to create the [[Apostolosian_Empire#Golden Demarchy|Golden Demarchy]]. Sokrates formally takes the Candidate name Enhydra but continues to go by their given Apostolosian name.}} | ||
===''PARTIZAN''=== | ===''PARTIZAN''=== | ||
Integrity spent many thousands of years kept in a box by the leaders of the Demarchy and the new Apostolosian empire. Prior to the creation of [[Stel Apostolos]], it was part of one of four attempts to assassinate the [[Princept (For the Queen)|Princept]] coordinated by the [[Apokine (For the Queen)|then-Apokine]], partnered with their loyal soldier [[Orbit Shard]]. At the time, it seemed to fear it would end up being used as a weapon of the [[Divine Principality]]; it | Integrity spent many thousands of years kept in a box by the leaders of the Demarchy and the new [[Apostolosian Empire|Apostolosian empire]]. Prior to the creation of [[Stel Apostolos]], it was part of one of four attempts to assassinate the [[Princept (For the Queen)|Princept]] coordinated by the [[Apokine (For the Queen)|then-Apokine]], partnered with their loyal soldier [[Orbit Shard]]. At the time, it seemed to fear it would end up being used as a weapon of the [[Divine Principality]]; it asked [[Modus Maria]] to take it, but she refused to wield it and break her alliance (on behalf of [[the Branched]]) with the Apokine, despite also suspecting that Integrity might be planning to broker peace with the Principality.<ref>[[The Road to PARTIZAN 08: For the Queen]]</ref> When things went wrong during the attack, it vanished along with Orbit, and it has been missing from the public eye since.<ref>[[The Road to PARTIZAN 10: Microscope Pt. 2]]</ref>{{Spoiler Block | ||
| spoiling = PARTIZAN 47: Operation Shackled Sun: Act 3 | | spoiling = PARTIZAN 47: Operation Shackled Sun: Act 3 | ||
| theme = pzn | | theme = pzn | ||
| text = It is obliquely revealed in the final narration of PARTIZAN that [[Dahlia]] is currently wielding Integrity in order to pilot [[Commitment]] "alone". | | text = It is obliquely revealed in the final narration of ''[[PARTIZAN]]'' that [[Dahlia]] is currently wielding Integrity in order to pilot [[Commitment]] "alone". This is kept secret; Dahlia's public stance is that they can pilot Commitment because of their dual lineages. }} | ||
===''PALISADE''=== | ===''PALISADE''=== | ||
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| spoiling = PALISADE 29: Honesty and Integrity Pt. 2 | | spoiling = PALISADE 29: Honesty and Integrity Pt. 2 | ||
| theme = pal | | theme = pal | ||
| text = After the [[PALISADE 25: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 4|destruction of the ]][[Stellar combustor|stellar combustors]], Integrity is present when Dahlia holds audience with [[Kalvin Brnine]] to explain their philosophy and offer recruitment. It is stated that if there was a time when it was not on board with Dahlia's accelerationist philosophy, that time is not now, and it does not feel in need of rescuing; Divines can change greatly in personality over many thousands of years.<br /><br />When Brnine stabs Dahlia to death, Integrity retreats from their corpse. Brnine takes the Divine and is teleported by [[the Figure]] (and [[Perennial]]'s magic) back to the ''[[Blue Channel (ship)|Blue Channel]]'', where it is kept in a fish tank similar to the one [[Asepsis]] was once confined to. It is trying to create a new Princept for itself, but Asepsis is keeping an eye on it.<ref name="pal35">[[PALISADE 35: Weapons Ready Pt. 1]]</ref>}} | | text = After the [[PALISADE 25: An Impossible Ideal Pt. 4|destruction of the]] [[Stellar combustor|stellar combustors]], Integrity is present when Dahlia holds audience with [[Kalvin Brnine]] to explain their philosophy and offer recruitment. It is stated that if there was a time when it was not on board with Dahlia's accelerationist philosophy, that time is not now, and it does not feel in need of rescuing; Divines can change greatly in personality over many thousands of years.<br /><br />When Brnine stabs Dahlia to death, Integrity retreats from their corpse. Brnine takes the Divine and is teleported by [[the Figure]] (and [[Perennial]]'s magic) back to the ''[[Blue Channel (ship)|Blue Channel]]'', where it is kept in a fish tank similar to the one [[Asepsis]] was once confined to. It is trying to create a new Princept for itself, but Asepsis is keeping an eye on it.<ref name="pal35">[[PALISADE 35: Weapons Ready Pt. 1]]</ref>}} | ||
==Appears in== | ==Appears in== | ||
Revision as of 13:59, 9 December 2023
Integrity is a Divine. It is highly tactical, programmed with knowledge of maneuvers and enemy types, and meant to keep up the morale of units around it.[1]
Appearance
Integrity literally integrates itself into the body of its pilot as cyberware. Visual references include Warframes, a Cronenberg-style exoskeleton,[1] Guyver, Anubis from Stargate (1994),[2] or Kamen Rider.[3]
When unattached it resembles a metal spine or snake, or a twisted staff.
When attached to Orbit Shard, who has a lot of cyberware and prosthetics already, Integrity forms musculature around the cyberware.[3]
This section contains spoilers for PALISADE 29: Honesty and Integrity Pt. 2.
Click here to reveal.
When attached to Dahlia and Commitment, it again resembles an "almost Cronenberg-esque metallic spine". Dahlia wears a black plug suit of Commitment's liquid stone, while Integrity protrudes from their back in spikes that plug into a throne made of Commitment.
History and Involvement
COUNTER/Weight
Integrity is initially associated with the Ethnologistical Committee for a More Prosperous Golden Branch and mechanically a Demagogue in Stars Without Number. When it opened a door with another Divine, the door appeared out of an already-present shaft of light.
This section contains spoilers for COUNTER/Weight 22: The Broken Branch.
Click here to reveal.
At some point after the Golden War, Integrity takes Sokrates Nikon Artemisios as its Candidate, and over time they work together to create the Golden Demarchy. Sokrates formally takes the Candidate name Enhydra but continues to go by their given Apostolosian name.
PARTIZAN
Integrity spent many thousands of years kept in a box by the leaders of the Demarchy and the new Apostolosian empire. Prior to the creation of Stel Apostolos, it was part of one of four attempts to assassinate the Princept coordinated by the then-Apokine, partnered with their loyal soldier Orbit Shard. At the time, it seemed to fear it would end up being used as a weapon of the Divine Principality; it asked Modus Maria to take it, but she refused to wield it and break her alliance (on behalf of the Branched) with the Apokine, despite also suspecting that Integrity might be planning to broker peace with the Principality.[4] When things went wrong during the attack, it vanished along with Orbit, and it has been missing from the public eye since.[5]
This section contains spoilers for PARTIZAN 47: Operation Shackled Sun: Act 3.
Click here to reveal.
It is obliquely revealed in the final narration of PARTIZAN that Dahlia is currently wielding Integrity in order to pilot Commitment "alone". This is kept secret; Dahlia's public stance is that they can pilot Commitment because of their dual lineages.
PALISADE
This section contains spoilers for PALISADE 29: Honesty and Integrity Pt. 2.
Click here to reveal.
After the destruction of the stellar combustors, Integrity is present when Dahlia holds audience with Kalvin Brnine to explain their philosophy and offer recruitment. It is stated that if there was a time when it was not on board with Dahlia's accelerationist philosophy, that time is not now, and it does not feel in need of rescuing; Divines can change greatly in personality over many thousands of years.
When Brnine stabs Dahlia to death, Integrity retreats from their corpse. Brnine takes the Divine and is teleported by the Figure (and Perennial's magic) back to the Blue Channel, where it is kept in a fish tank similar to the one Asepsis was once confined to. It is trying to create a new Princept for itself, but Asepsis is keeping an eye on it.[6]
Appears in
- COUNTER/Weight 05, 22, 36, 40, 42-43
- The Road to PARTIZAN 08, 10
- PARTIZAN 47 (mentioned in outro)
- PALISADE 29, 35